AeroVironment (AV) has been awarded its second delivery order totaling $55.3 million of Switchblade® loitering munition systems as part of U.S. Army’s Directed Requirement (DR) for Lethal Unmanned Systems (LUS). […]
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SoftBank Corp.’s “Sunglider” HAPS aircraft succeeds in stratospheric flight during field trial
SoftBank Corp. has announced that the company’s “Sunglider” — a large-scale, solar-powered, uncrewed aircraft system (“UAS”) designed for High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) stratospheric telecommunications — was used in a […]
AV’s Switchblade 600 selected for Tranche 1 of DoD’s Replicator initiative
AeroVironment’s (AV) Switchblade 600 loitering munition system has been selected for Tranche 1 of the first iteration of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Replicator initiative. AV’s Switchblade 600 is […]
AeroVironment unveils AI + autonomy kit for UAS
AeroVironment (AV) has introduced its Autonomy Retrofit Kit (ARK) and AVACORE software demonstrating the company’s commitment to advancing autonomy and machine learning capabilities to increase effectiveness of autonomous systems and […]
AeroVironment’s JUMP 20 medium UAS demos maritime autonomous takeoff + landing at vessel speeds of more than 20 knot
AeroVironment, Inc.‘s (NASDAQ: AVAV) JUMP 20 VTOL Medium UAS exceeded expectations during the recent U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/4th Fleet Hybrid Fleet Campaign Event (HFCE) that demonstrated human-machine teaming in […]
AeroVironment, Inc. completes Tomahawk Robotics acquisition
AeroVironment has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Tomahawk Robotics for a total purchase price of $120 million, to be paid in a mix of cash and stock. Tomahawk Robotics’ […]
AeroVironment debuts Puma VNS SUAS that enables GPS-denied navigation across GPS-contested environments
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) has introduced Puma™ VNS, a visual-based, navigation system for Puma 2 AE and Puma 3 AE small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) that will enable GPS-denied navigation […]